Saturday, March 27, 2010

I was very excited by the propose made by @ShellTerrell founder for #edchat on Twitter who bring alltoghether thousounds of teachers and other interested persons in education and for this reason I was very glade to participate in this interesting video project because today teachers must connect because web 2.0 and new tehnologies are a open gateway for knowlegde .See also my video here .

Why do we connect ?We connect to make new friends from all over the world , we connect to learn about what is new related to new tehnologies across the web , we connect to became more and more better teachers for our students

I made also a Ning for teachers who use new tehnologies in 2010 and all of you are welcome here http://web20ineducation2010.ning.com/ and to became members hereNow we have for our Ning many other groups :

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

How time flys by when we’re having Fun. It was just about one year ago, Evan Williams CEO of Twitter reported there was approx. 2,000 third party tools and apps that integrated with Twitter. That seemed really impressive then.

Well guess what? Now there are reports of over 50,000 tools and apps. Can you say WoWza?!?!!

To keep things simple we’re sharing a tidbit with a link to some Twitter Tools you can use for FUN. (Twitter Addiction meds not included)

Twitter Tools For Fun and More

Crowd Status Crowd Status- View the status of your friends on Twitter in a start-up page style.Bkkeepr Bkkeepr – With this service, you can track the books you are reading on Twitter.CommuterFeed CommuterFeed– You can share your traffic report on Commuterfeed using Twitter.

Foamee Foamee – This is a fun site that allows you to track people who owes you beer or coffee using your Twitter account.

FoodFeed FoodFeed – is a micro blogging site that you can use to post about your food habits through Twitter.

Notches Notches – Allows you to write reviews of certain items on Twitter.

Hahlo Hahlo – if you are not satisfied with your Twitter interface, you can check out Hahlo to manage your Twitter account. It gives you a separate profile page and the rest of the Twitter features in a new look.

Post Like a Pirate Post Like a Pirate – This tool allow you to convert your post into pirate-speak before posting it to Twitter. I, however, don’t need it, because I already speak like a pirate. Yarr!

Quitter Quitter will help you how to use Twitter to quit smoking. Bonus points for cool name.

Roll The Dice Roll the dice – You can use this service to do all the silly things on Twitter like roll a dice, flip a coin, deal cards, or generate a random number.StrawPoll Straw Poll – Sends out polls on Twitter that you can participate on. As they say, you can never have too many polls.

TrackThis Track This – This is an useful service to get updates of your shipment using Twitter. It supports FedEx, UPS, USPS and DHL tracking codes.Twee60 Twee60 – You can tweet your Xbox live status with Twee60 automatically.

TwitterMeThis TwitterMeThis– When you follow TwitterMeThis, it will send you a question randomly. If you are the first to answer that question, then you get $5.

TwitterSpy TwitterSpy provides you a Google map on its site. when you hover your mouse above certain locations on that map, you get to see the latest public posts from that area. Strangely addicting.

Tweetclouds Tweetclouds – Create a word cloud from a public Twitter stream using this service.

Tweetgift – Remember Facebook where you can poke, throw a sheep, or hug a friend? Tweetgift enables you to do the same on Twitter.

Twaction – Another service that lets you do Facebook-style pokes and slaps at friends.

Twistori – Based on Summize, this service collects Twitter messages with words such as love, hate, think, believe, wish, and feel and displays them on its site with automatic updates.

Twitpoll Twitpoll– You can participate on polls using Twitter through Twitpoll.

Tweetshots Tweetshots– this service allows you to take your Twitter posts to Tumblr, embed in websites, or send over email.

TwitterAnswers TwitterAnswers combines Twitter and Mosio, so that you can send questions over Twitter and have them answered by other people.

Twitter Karma Twitter Karma – This tool fetches your Twitter friends and followers and displays them for you, letting you paginate through them in a nicer way than you would on Twitter.

TwitterNotes TwitterNotes – You can create notes on TwitterNotes using Twitter and tagging your notes.

TwitterPoster TwitterPoster– This site generates a mosaic of user icons of those with a large number of followers on Twitter.TwitterSnooze TwitterSnooze– If you have friends on Twitter who are updating every 10 seconds and are irritating the hell out of you, you can simply now snooze them away using this tool.TwitterSpectrum TwitterSpectrum– Based on Summize, this tool show you the associated words of two pair of words or names in a nice spectrum layout.

Xpenser Xpenser– Record your expenses using Twitter. You can also use other mediums like email, SMS, IM, voice, etc.Who Should I follow Who Should I follow – Find interesting people to follow on Twitter using this tool.

Top 5 Twitter Tracking and Analytics Tools

Every second 100 more tweets from huge number of follower and lists. Are all the tweet interesting, or you able to view all the tweets. The answer is “NO”. So how do you know that tweets from the people you follow are good or not, or your followers beaviours. So here are the list of Top 5 Twitter Tracking and Analytics Tools

TwitterCounter is a great twitter service that offers updated statistics of your followers, following, and daily tweets. You could further compare absolute growth of multiple twitter accounts or also compare them with your competitor’s expansion. Track, measure and redesign your strategy on twitter.

It is an interesting tool that helps to get all kind of statistic chart about you and your friends behavior at Twitter site. If you love using Google Analytics then this tool is sure to impress you. Some exciting features of Twitter Analyzer are – you can see how followers are online presently, who retweets your messages, what people are writing about you, Twitter following stats, your Tweeting habits and many more

Twitalyzer is a free tool to evaluate the activity of any Twitter user and report on dozens of useful measures of success in social media. This powerful tool can help you measure influence, popularity, velocity and generosity of your twitter account.

Twitturly tracks the URLs flying around the Twitterverse and provides a quick, real-time view of what people are talking about on Twitter. Each time someone tweets a URL to their followers on Twitter, Twitturly takes note of it and applies it as a vote for that URL. The more votes a URL has in the last 24 hours, the higher it ranks on Twitturly’s Top100. It’s that simple

16 Cool Twitter Tools for Firefox

A lot of people love both Twitter and Firefox. With both having so many plug-ins available it only seems natural that there would be quite a few tools to merge both Twitter and Firefox together. If you’re the type of person that likes flexibility, take a peek at these tools, theres sure to be something that appeals to you.

(As with all Firefox tool lists, we recommend that you don’t install all of these unless you want your browser to move at the speed of a turtle.)

1. DashBlog – DashBlog lets you easily tweet about items you find on the web such as videos, text, quotes, images and more. Also works with Tumblr (Tumblr reviews), WordPress (WordPress reviews) and Blogger (blogger reviews).

2. Friendbar – See your incoming tweets right in the toolbar as well as post updates of your own. Also works with Facebook (Facebook reviews) friends.

3. StockTwits – A Firefox add-on that works with the StockTwits site. It will turn any StockTwits tagged tweets on the site into a link back to the StockTwits site so you can follow the conversation.

4. Twitter Line – Displays incoming tweets from your friends timeline in a toolbar, and allows you to post updates to your own account.

5. Twitter StatusBar – A discrete tool that collapses into your status bar when not in use. Just click on the “T” symbol to bring it up and send out your latest update.

6. Twitter Toolbar – A toolbar that allows you to post updates any time you want as you browse. Also includes pre-written messages for common sayings on the service.

7. TwitBin (Twitbin reviews) – Opens up a Twitter client in your sidebar so you can send and read tweets no matter where you are on the Web without changing tabs or windows.

8. TwitKit – A sidebar Twitter client that breaks down into tabs for @replies, account stats, public timeline, sending tweets, your friends’ latest tweets and a list of all your followers.

9. TwitterBar – Type your tweets in the address bar and press the icon at the end to send them. Also allows you to easily tweet about the page you are currently looking at by leaving it in the address bar when you type out your message.

11. Tw-autocomplete – Allows for autocomplete of Twitter usernames for @ and D messages as you are typing them on the Twitter site.

12. TweetStalk – Adds a “Stalk” button next to the “Follow” button on Twitter so you can follow someone without them knowing it. Can also create an RSS feed of their tweets so you can read them in your favorite reader.

13. TwitThat - A bookmarklet that lets you tweet about the current Web page you are reading.

14. Twitter Search – The name says it all for this handy tool that gives you access to the real-time Twitter search.

15. TwittyTunes – Works with FoxyTunes (FoxyTunes reviews) to submit the songs you listen to that you wish to share with the Twitter community. If you choose not to use it with FoxyTunes, you can also post about sites and videos you are viewing.

16. Twitzer - Allows you to tweet messages longer than 140 characters by adding a link to the overflow text, you can also de-Twitzer text and have it displayed directly on the Twitter site.

BONUS: “Power Twitter” is a Cool Twitter Tool for Firefox was shared and recommended by RanchoVibe “The goal of Power Twitter is simple: make twitter better”.

The term "Web 2.0" (2004–present) is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design,[1] and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Examples of Web 2.0 include web-based communities, hosted services, web applications, social-networking sites, video-sharing sites, wikis, blogs, mashups, and folksonomies. A Web 2.0 site allows its users to interact with other users or to change website content, in contrast to non-interactive websites where users are limited to the passive viewing of information that is provided to them.

The term is closely associated with Tim O'Reilly because of the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 conference in 2004.[2][3] Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web, it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but rather to cumulative changes in the ways software developers and end-users use the Web. Whether Web 2.0 is qualitatively different from prior web technologies has been challenged by World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, who called the term a "piece of jargon" — precisely because he intended the Web to embody these values in the first place.

About web 2.0

The term Web 2.0 is getting thrown around a lot and the multiple confusion over what it is, and what it means to businesses, has made for rough waters. No one wants to be left behind in the new wave of technology. Everyone wants to discover the new “killer app,” but if you don’t really understand the concept, how will you know when you’ve found it?

Very often when you hear the phrase Web 2.0 it is refering to a specific software set. AJAX for writing applications, Myspace and Facebook social networking applications, wiki's such as wikipedia all fall under the Web 2.0 identity. Technology gurus identify Web 2.0 as software and processes that allow portions of a page to be reloaded separately providing for greater interactive capabilities between users and web pages, but this isn't the origin or definition of the term. In spite of the excitement generated by Web 2.0 enthusiasts, and new applications popping up all over, one surprising thing the geniuses in the know agree on, Web 2.0 does not represent new technology.

Contrary to some beliefs, Web 2.0 is not Ajax, IP6, or a bunch of shiny buttons on your blog.

The issue and possible confusion results from the fact that Web 2.0 was coined originally as a term for a concept. The concept regarded the change in how the general public was using the internet, in the greater dynamic of thought about the web and, both originating with this change and as a consequence of it, the broadened capabilities and functionality of the web. With more people doing more things it was a bigger badder internet thus- Web 2.0. The specific applications and software identified with Web 2.0 are merely those that take advantage of the networking interactive opportunities.

It's true the internet is relatively a very recent development and its full impact is far from realized. Not without merit, it has been pointed out that the first impulse of a new form is to carry over the formats of the old form- photography at first mostly mimicked the efforts of painting, TV mimicked the styles of theater. As the technologies caught on and people began to experiment, each technology found their own territory, fleshed out their own formats, and brought about their own revolutions in human behavior. Web 2.0 refers to that revolution in human behavior in its relationship to the Web, emphasis on human. The technologies paired with the term are in some sense additional options on your TV remote- some are great some you’ll never use, but the reason they are making a splash is because now everyone is using their TV. The current flurry of new applications, this explosion of new “inventions,” will likely fade out leaving the best, the strongest, and the luckiest survivors. Many lack a fundamental or marketable value, meaning, despite the idealistic hopes of those who believe everything should be free, they won’t be supported into a long life. What is important to focus on isn’t the specific applications, but the logic behind their new prolific development, the human incorporation of the internet into our daily lives.

Because this doesn’t represent a new technology, because they are smart enough to recognize a fad, many will dismiss Web 2.0 and its representative software as meaningless. At best, it may be an interesting Anthropological study in the new ways communities form and interact through the internet. For the most part these companies will be missing very little, in brief they are right. However, awareness of truth behind Web 2.0 doesn’t just point out the fad nature of the supposedly new software capability. The overlooked significance of Web 2.0 is in understanding the manner in which the technology is being used and interpreted in a new generation.Marketing strategies and the real world weight of the Web are the heavy blows of Web 2.0 and the lesser discussed SOA (service oriented architecture). It isn’t so much that you can do more on the web now, but that more people are doing it. More people are spending a greater percentage of their time, in work and play, relying more on information and functions provided by Web services, and even interacting with their communities and creating new communities. A functional web presence is not an extra, a status symbol, or one more advertising market, it is becoming mandatory for business survival. Due to the nature of web surfing and increased relevance of content over capture of motivation, marketing and advertising strategies must be rethought, revolutionized. Rather than looking for the next “killer app,” understanding and exploring the trend of these changes in human behavior, learning to both maximize and target markets in this venue, and placing a higher importance on online customer service skills are what the intelligent businessman will be doing in regards to Web 2.0.

Social media is media designed to be disseminated through social interaction, created using highly accessible and scalable publishing techniques. Social media uses Internet and web-based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers. Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content"[1]. Businesses also refer to social media as user-generated content (UGC) or consumer-generated media (CGM). Social media utilization is believed to be a driving factor in the idea that the current period in time will be defined as the Attention Age.

Social Media Strategy

What can social media do for your company? Do you know the difference between Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Gather, and Myspace? Social media is the hot new thing. This means it can be overlooked as a fad that won’t really make a difference, or it can be overhyped. It may be unclear how this platform can help your marketing and what strategy is the best to adopt. With the following breakdown of the most commonly used sites, we hope to clear up a few issues.

Facebook: Originally a college social site, it’s open now to the public. Advantages in the Facebook design are primarily in the nature of connectivity. Facebook’s design encourages further connections, constantly suggesting possible people and groups to make contact with. Built into its design structure is also the possibility of building a fan network, rather than only “friend” connections. Likely an effect of its original manifestation, Facebook has a more severe aesthetic, lacking the bright colors and originality of Myspace page designs. Its connectivity is not something to overlook in any way. Personal referrals are still the best advertising and Facebook has a built in referral method showing friends what companies and people their friends are connected to.Twitter: has a lot of buzz going around about it right now, but it isn’t the most effective tool for marketing. It is a short line communication, updating connections with a brief update of goings on. If your company is capable of generating a continuous flow of engaging short updates, then it may be convenient, otherwise another social media may be a better option.You can read more about twitter here .Myspace: Suffering from an association with internet predators, many college bound or parentally restricted teens were encouraged away from Myspace. However, it’s bright aesthetic allowing for strong independence in page design and it’s easy and active music play options have kept it popular in some circles, especially with youth oriented bands and their fans. It doesn’t have the connectivity of Facebook. Here, your potential customers mostly still have to be looking for you or you have to be actively recruiting them.

LinkedIn: Is marketed towards job hunters. An excellent interface for business connections and resume sharing, it isn’t currently designed for stronger and broader ranging social connections. There are discussion groups available and strong connectivity possibilities within professional spheres, school or organizational. Inversely from the potential of more lightly social connection sites, LinkedIn might be best taken advantage of by use of targeted and personal connections rather than an all-inclusive fan building strategy.

Twitter: has a lot of buzz going around about it right now, but it isn’t the most effective tool for marketing. It is a short line communication, updating connections with a brief update of goings on. If your company is capable of generating a continuous flow of engaging short updates, then it may be convenient, otherwise another social media may be a better option.

Gather: one of the newer options, this site advertises itself as the adult option for social networking. It lacks the games and quizzes that abound on both Myspace and Facebook, and has no real options for personalizing your homespace with Myspace style decorations, however in keeping with its adult persona, it is an excellent spot for following and connecting with blogs and interest focused conversations. It may be an ideal place to host conversations regarding market specific topics, keeping in touch with customer concerns and proving your company to be up to date in the conversation.

Advertising always works when you have the right message sent to the right audience with the right medium. It’s all about the right time and place. How people are looking for the services your company offers is one of the most important questions for a marketing strategist to ask, and included in the answer is, almost always, people ask their friends. This means social media is not a platform that should be overlooked

Social media has modernized the business community. Businesses are now able to reach consumers in a new way; through the internet. Social media has become appealing to big business. Credible brands are utilizing social media to reach old customers, gain new ones and build or maintain credibility and reputation among consumers. In recent years social mediums have drastically grown. This has tremendously increased the number of consumers that producers are able to reach. Social mediums have not only grown in popularity with the increase in consumer participants, but social mediums have also expanded globally. Twitter, for example has expanded its global reach to Japan, Indonesia, and Mexico to name a few. This means that brands are now able advertise in multiple languages and therefore empower brand and consumer reach and improve their brand. Social media has become the new "tool" for effective business marketing and sales. Social mediums are not only a way for businesses to interact with consumers but also a source of networking and communication between people. Popular networking sites including Myspace, Facebook and Twitter are social mediums most commonly used for socialization and connecting friends, relatives, and employees.

Social media can be said to have three components;

1. Concept (art, information, or meme).2. Media (physical, electronic, or verbal).3. Social interface (intimate direct, community engagement, social viral, electronic broadcast or syndication, or other physical media such as print).

Common forms of social media;

* Concepts, slogans, and statements with a high memory retention quotient, that excite others to repeat.* Grass-Roots direct action information dissemination such as public speaking, installations, performance, and demonstrations.* Electronic media with 'sharing', syndication, or search algorithm technologies (includes internet and mobile devices).* Print media, designed to be re-distributed.

Sue's FURL Page - Furl is a great resource - it is an online social bookmarking tool. It allows users to share pages categorized by keywords or 'tags' and also archives or caches the pages for future reference. Here are some of my recent bookmarked sites . . .

Scribd - Sign up for a free account, and upload a PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, TXT, etc. to the Scribd library, where it is turned into an Adobe Flash Paper document Simply browse/upload your text document, publish, have the ability to have it read aloud, then download the doc as PDF, plain text, and the read-aloud audio can be downloaded as an MP3 file. However, it will become a PUBLIC document once it has been published. Simply upload to Scribd, download the MP3, and load it onto an iPod or other audio device. To check out a test doc go to: http://www.scribd.com/doc/27167?secret_password equals b6ta2iws7l71c

Streamload - STREAMLOAD gives you a private and secure place to upload, store, access, and share your personal videos, photos, music, and files.

UStreamTV.com - create your own Internet broadcast tv show in minutes with a camera and an Internet connection

Wiki Resources from Teach With Tech Blog - The official website for the 'Teach with Tech' podcast, presented by the Indiana University School of Education Instructional Consulting office. This podcast, and this blog, are designed to feature information and resources relevant to teaching with technology at the K-12 and higher education levels.

Blabberize - upload picture – grab from Discovery Streaming – you do have the right to republish DES images – use citation Align red box to lower half of mouth/chin to shape of mouth/chin area when talking – shows cutout Record>Save>Email>can be private except by direct link you copy/paste or Embed in web page

ToonDoo - grab photos from Discovery Education Streaming, combine them with graphics, clioparts from ToonDoo, create 3-panel cartoon to tell a story - really creative way to do a lab report? (safe search may work - approach with caution when working with students - preview!)

AudioPal - Add voice to websites. Ring up if you're in the states, or if not, type, use your microphone or upload an audio file, You can then download and pop it onto your own site. Looks very simple to use.

Audiolizer - Listen to Streaming Music for Free.. Looks very much like Songza. I was impressed by the range of music available.

Audio Recorder for Free takes any digital audio stream played through your sound card and captures it as a MP3, WMA, or WAV file on the fly.

fliptrack: put your life to music. Makes it easy for you to create music videos by combining your photos with our library of popular music.

SHOUTcast Radio, the home of free Internet Radio. Tune-in to thousands of free online radio stations from DJs and broadcasters around the world.

TokBox is a free service that lets you talk with your friends over live video. Here's how it works: you sign up and they give you a link. When you want to talk with anyone, just give them the link - they click and you chat.

Twango - Media Sharing.makes organizing and sharing your media as easy as capturing it with an easy-to-use site where you can be comfortable inviting your friends and family.

ubroadcast™ is free software that you download to use, and if people want to listen to your broadcast they d/l as well.

Vocaroo Record and send voice emails. Very simple and straightforward. Record what you want to say and send it on, or download it.

Multimedia3outube - most easy way to download Youtube video. Detailed instructions on the page - just follow them and you're done.

celtx - Scriptwriting Software, Breakdowns, Collaboration.. Create your own movie, and be the next Peter Jackson.

Mogulus Live Broadcast. Create your own television studio, live, scheduled or on-demand. It's clearly a popular service, with thousands of channels - over 3,000 people were looking at stuff when I took a look around. Oh, and it's free.

zaplive.tv. From the website: "users can run their own free webtv station. They can stream their live broadcasts via the internet for viewers all over the world. They only need a camera and a computer connected to the internet.

Whether you want to be a teacher, principal or even an educational policy-maker, learning all you can about the field and how to be a more powerful leader while you’re still in college is essential. These blogs will fill you in on the latest news, provide inspiration, and ensure that you are up-to-date with the latest educational technologies so you can be the best education leader you can be.

Education News

Read through these sites for great updates on education.

DetentionSlip.org: Visit this blog to get daily updates about what’s going on in the world of education.

Web toolshttp://ahi2000.com/studyzone/webtoolsCollection of free and ad-free applications the author suggests for teachers and students.What sets this collection apart is the link to a wiki where people can add their own samples of tools in action. Andrew Hill is an e-learning specialist based in England.

Sites that List and Review Web 2.0 Websiteshttp://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/ict/web2lists/A list of Sites that List and Review Web 2.0 Websites (ummm .. that was a bit longwinded)Some of these sites also have up-2-the-minute news of new web 2.0 websites (and old ones that close down)Recommended

100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learnerhttp://tinyurl.com/4qes48100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of LearnerDetermining how you best learn and using materials that cater to this style can be a great way to make school and the entire process of acquiring new information easier and much more intuitive.Here are some great tools that you can use to cater to your individual learning style, no matter what that is.

Simple Spark ... Online Catalog of Web 2.0 siteshttp://simplespark.com/Simple Spark ... Online Catalog of Web 2.0 sitesThe Simple Spark Catalog is the place to find all of the really cool web applications, or "apps" that will become an integral part of your life online.Not only does the Simple Spark Catalog have a comprehensive listing of really cool apps that gets larger every day, but we also give you the tools to organize and share all these apps with your friends. Our catalog is a marketplace where both established companies and independent developers come to strut their stuff.

7 Things You Should Know About...http://www.educause.edu/content.asp?page_id=7495&bhcp=17 Things You Should Know About...The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative's (ELI's) 7 Things You Should Know About... series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices. Each brief focuses on a single technology or practice and describes:-What it is-How it works-Where it is goingWhy it matters to teaching and learningUse ELI's 7 Things You Should Know About... briefs to:-Enhance faculty development activities-Open a dialogue with senior administrators about emerging technologies and their implications for your institution-Stay up-to-date on emerging technologies7 Things You Should Know About...pieces provide quick, no-jargon overviews of emerging technologies and related practices that have demonstrated or may demonstrate positive learning impacts. Any time you need to explain a new learning technology or practice quickly and clearly, look for a 7 Things You Should Know About... brief from ELI.

The World is Flat 3.0http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/519/The World is Flat 3.0Steven R. Lerman, Class of 1922 Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dean for Graduate Students, introduces Thomas Friedman.Back in 2000, Tom Friedman recounts, the world began to shrink and flatten, under the influence of digital interconnectivity. Elaborating on his World is Flat thesis, Friedman describes how this new global order puts creative, entrepreneurial individuals in the driver’s seat, and poses distinct new challenges and opportunities.

Web 2.0 Tutorial for Educatorshttp://web2tutorial.wikispaces.com/Web 2.0 Tutorial for EducatorsTeachers are using the new Web 2.0 tools to launch their classroom into the 21st century. Students are creating online content, collaborating with other students around the world and showcasing their work to a global audience.Web 2.0 facilitates professional networking. It provides authentic learning experiences for students, and it encourages global awareness, creativity, innovation, critical thinking and collaboration.The knowledge our students will gain from engaging with Web 2.0 technologies will foster the communication and information literacy skills that are required in the 21st century.

Women of Web 2.0http://www.womenofweb2.com/Women of Web 2.0WOW2 is for all who are using the tools of the internet whether it be in a classroom setting, leading seminars, authoring books, maintaining blogs or wikis, or just enjoying the tools of the internet in an educational and exciting way.WOW2 is brought to you by Cheryl Oakes, Jennifer Wagner, Sharon Peters, & Vicki Davis, four women who not only love using the tools of the Internet but also love sharing the tools with others.

New Technologies that are Changing Educationhttp://odeo.com/audio/2355515/viewNew Technologies that are Changing Education ... a PodcastListen as a panel of ed tech gurus - Conn McQuinn, Tim Lauer, and David Warlick - shares online tools and cutting-edge technologies that have the potential to change the way teachers teach, students learn and schools operate.TechForum | Steven Burt introduces Gwen Solomon, managing editor of techlearning.com, and a panel of educators and technologists at the TechForum held in Seattle, Washington, on November 2, 2006. Panelists include ETC2C regular Tim Lauer along with David Warlick and Conn McQuinn.

Web 2.0 as a Social Movementhttp://www.webology.ir/2007/v4n2/a40.htmlWeb 2.0 as a Social MovementThe current discussions on Web 2.0 development represent a significant development in the continuing interaction of technological developments and communications rights. In this paper the social movement for a right to communicate and the discourse surrounding Web 2.0 development are compared to demonstrate how Web 2.0 is a manifestation of an ongoing interaction between this human rights social movement and communication technology.

Web 2.0 : Videos and PowerPointshttp://web2videos.blogspot.com/The link above goes to one of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provides videos and other multimedia resources to support the topic here.If you would like to see all of the Theme Blogs then go to the full list at http://www.shambles.net/blogforest or click where you see this button

Web 2.0 at BBCWorld : Click ... online video http://tinyurl.com/ygv4vyWeb 2.0 at BBCWorld : Click ... online video September 2006Dubbed Web 2.0 there's been an explosion in sites that promote freedom to share and use content driven by the user. Microsoft want a piece of the action, launching a user generated video service for MSN called Soapbox. Hardly surprising when sites like YouTube have become such popular web destinations.

How Web 2.0 is changing medicinehttp://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7582/1283How Web 2.0 is changing medicineMedical librarians suggest that rather than intrinsic benefits of the platform itself, it's the spirit of open sharing and collaboration that is paramount.2 The more we use, share, and exchange information on the web in a continual loop of analysis and refinement, the more open and creative the platform becomes; hence, the more useful it is in our work.

Riding the Waves of Web 2.0http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/189/report_display.aspRiding the Waves of Web 2.0?eb 2.0?has become a catch-all buzzword that people use to describe a wide range of online activities and applications, some of which the Pew Internet & American Life Project has been tracking for years. As researchers, we instinctively reach for our spreadsheets to see if there is evidence to inform the hype about any online trend.This article provides a short history of the phrase, along with new traffic data from Hitwise to help frame the discussion.

The Infinite Thinking Machinehttp://www.infinitethinking.orgThe Infinite Thinking MachineThe Infinite Thinking Machine (ITM) is designed to help teachers and students thrive in the 21st century. Through an active blog, a weekly Internet TV show, and other media resources, the ITM shares a "bazillion practical ideas" for turning the infinite universe of information into knowledge. We showcase examples of innovative instructional methods, talk with leading experts, and share real stories from the classroom to improve how we think, learn, teach, and live. And we try to have a little fun along the way.The ITM is a positive vehicle for K-12 educators to share stories and ideas that tap into the infinite resources available on the Internet.

Inside the Mind of a Web 2.0 Developerhttp://www.schoolcio.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=192200020Inside the Mind of a Web 2.0 DeveloperAn interview with Elgg cofounder David Tosh.Among the many emerging Web 2.0 tools is Elgg, an open-source platform that lets users create their own “learning landscape” through personal profiles, e-portfolios, blogs, and other tools.Founded in 2004 by Dave Tosh and Ben Werdmuller, Elgg has been adopted by several universities and a handful of K–12 schools (See “Community 2.0”). School CIO spoke to the Scotland-based Tosh by phone this summer.

Web 2.0: The 24 Minute Documentaryhttp://tinyurl.com/r88vjWeb 2.0: The 24 Minute DocumentaryA couple of weeks ago Michael Arrington got together with a number of startup CEOs and executives to video a discussion about Web 2.0. Participating in the discussion were Aaron Cohen (Bolt), Scott Milener and Steven Lurie (Browster), Keith Teare (edgeio), Steven Marder (Eurekster), Joe Kraus (JotSpot), Jeremy Verba (Piczo), Auren Hoffman (Rapleaf), Chris Alden (Rojo), Gautam Godhwani (Simply Hired), Jonathan Abrams (Socializr), David Sifry (Technorati), Matt Sanchez (Video Egg) and Michael Tanne (Wink).The topics discussed included:1. What is Web 2.0?2. Are we in a bubble?3. What are the business models that will work on the web today?4. What is the role of publishers in a user generated world?5. How important and how big is the early adopter crowd?

Web 2.0 Tools for Education (Workshop/Presentation)http://whiplash.pbwiki.com/Web 2.0 Tools for Education : PresentationsThis will be a lightening fast introduction to a selection of powerful online tools that teachers and students can use in and out of the classroom.I will discuss some powerful uses of one tool in 10 minutes. When the alarm goes off I'll stop and move on to the next tool.When we're all done you'll probably have Whiplash! You'll have the next hour to recover with some self-directed and guided exploration into the tool(s) that most interests you.The audio from this workshop will be recorded and uploaded to this wiki as a series of 10 minute podcasts -- one for each tool we discussed. Look at the bottom of each page for links to the audio.Front Page | Social Bookmarking | RSS | Wikis | Podcasting | The Cool and The Uber Cool |

E-Learning 2.0 - Why the New Toolshttp://www.downes.ca/cgi-bin/page.cgi?post=35107Stephen Downes: E-Learning 2.0 - Why the New Tools,PowerPoint slides and MP3 Audio of my online presentation July 2006.My talk, scheduled for one hour, went (with a willing audience) closer to two hours, which was nice, because I was able to develop the topic the way I wanted.After sketching the progression of Web 2.0 tools (from personal publishing to webtops) I outlined (drawing heavily on Konrad Glogowski) how it enables new forms of learning.From this, I outlined some of the theory underlying these new forms, and from this theoretical stance, responded in part to the critics of these new models.

elearning 2.0http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=29-1elearning 2.0e-learning is evolving with the World Wide Web as a whole and it's changing to a degree significant enough to warrant a new name: E-learning 2.0.Excellent article online in eLearn Magazine by By Stephen Downes, National Research Council of Canada

Power of Web 2.0 (online video 2 mins)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6SefbFbixIPower of Web 2.0 : online videoWeb 2.0 has made many of us a broadcaster with a global audience. Blogging, Podcasting and Video Sharing has changed our interactions forever.

2006 E-learning Networks Projecthttp://seanfitz.wikispaces.com/2006networkoverview2006 E-learning Networks ProjectThe Web 2.0 Networked Learning Community (tentative title), a project funded by the 2006 E-learning Networks Project, part of the Australian Flexible Learning FrameworkA Community of Practice (CoP) with the purpose of exploring Web 2.0 technologies in education and related learning theories, such as Connectivism and Networked Learning.The network will be built on the open web using Web 2.0 tools, modelling the process of creating networked learning communities based on personalised learning environments, thereby reflecting the underlying philosophy of learner-centred, self-organising, egalitarian networks.

My Office 2.0 Setuphttp://itredux.com/blog/office-20/My Office 2.0 SetupThis list very neatly puts together a selections of Web 2.0 websites that would provide all the functionaility you would need for running an office or business (or school?)So that all is needed is a network computer connected to the internet.Click on My Office 2.0 SetupIn its original incarnation circa 1996, the concept for a Network Computer (NC) did not really make sense. It offered a fraction of the functionality provided by a regular Personal Computer (PC), at a similar purchase price. But most importantly, nobody really cared. The web was just starting and the promoters of this new platform (Oracle and Sun Microsystems) found it difficult to make a case for it beyond their common distaste for anything Microsoft.

Blogs, Wikis and Podcasting in Classroomshttp://tinyurl.com/qonhwBlogs, Wikis and Podcasting in ClassroomsThe following podcast is a recording of a professional development day that I led on Thursday, April 13, 2006. The topic was Blogging, Wikis and Podcasting in the classroom.As Alan November would say, I hope its good enough to criticize.

Online course for educators on Web 2.0http://www.teachinghacks.com/moodle/Online course for educators on Web 2.0Welcome to a self-directed collaborative online learning experience for K-12 educators.

K-12 Educators Guide To Web 2.0 http://www.teachinghacks.com/wiki/K-12 Educators Guide To Web 2.0The guiding idea behind this wiki is the creation of a learning tool to help educators help their students develop skills to help prepare them for the 21st century.

An introduction to the NEW worldwide webhttp://www.shambles.net/web2/comingofage/Coming of Age: An introduction to the NEW worldwide webThe main objectives of this free publication are first to inspire teachers to want to try some of these "new tools" (web 2.0) for themselves and with their classes, and then to provide practical advice and guidance on how to do so.free pdf download

Web 2.0: Innovation for Teaching and Learning?http://tinyurl.com/ntu97Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?Web 1.0 has demonstrated immense powers for connecting learners, teachers, and materials. How much more broadly will this connective matrix grow under the impact of the openness, ease of entry, and social nature of Web 2.0?| Applications Development | Blog (WebLog) | Folksonomies | Information Architecture | Networking and Emerging Technologies | RSS (Rich Site Summary) | Social Software/Social Computing | Teaching and Learning | Wiki |